An image showing 'N24659; On board a V & W class destroyer in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking to port from the starboard side of the quarterdeck close to the breech end of No. 4 gun, which is a Vickers 4-inch Mk. V. The gun is trained ahead of the port beam and the photographer is looking into the rear of the gun shield. A wire lifting strop is attached to the breech end of the gun, which is protected with sacking.'

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Gun lifting arrangements on board a V & W class destroyer in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth, Hampshire

On board a V & W class destroyer in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking to port from the starboard side of the quarterdeck close to the breech end of No. 4 gun, which is a Vickers 4-inch Mk. V. The gun is trained ahead of the port beam and the photographer is looking into the rear of the gun shield. A wire lifting strop is attached to the breech end of the gun, which is protected with sacking.

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Object details

ID:	N24659
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	June 1937
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm